Geology 334 - History of the Earth
Spring
2015
01
4.00
Persaram Batra
TTH 11:30AM-12:45PM
Mount Holyoke College
91102
Clapp Laboratory 413
pbatra@mtholyoke.edu
This course explores the evolution and interaction of life, rocks, oceans, and atmosphere during the past 4.5 billion years of earth history. Some topics covered are: ice ages and greenhouse atmospheres, continental drift, extinctions and radiations of flora and fauna, the early evolution of earth, absolute and relative dating of rocks, and the geologic time scale.
Prereq: One of the following courses: Geology 100, 101, 201, 203, 224, Biological Sciences 223, 226 or Environmental Studies 200.; Coreq: GEOL-334L.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.